The late Mick Atholwood – a legend of the sport of drag racing in Australia – will be honoured at Willowbank Raceway’s Fuchs Winternationals with a special memorial trophy to be awarded to the Top Fuel winner.

Former Top Doorslammer champion Ben Bray’s driving services aren’t just in demand in the Team Bray outfit, with the 28 year old spending plenty of time this season driving the Karl Hammoud-owned Factory Xtreme Toyota.

Like his name sake Muhammad, Michael Ali has a desire to be the greatest. It’s going to be a one on one drag racing dust up come the Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway on June 8-11 and the championship title will be there for the taking.

  With 150 racers entered in this years Winters Warm Up expect to see fireworks both on and off the quarter as the countdown to the Fuchs Winternationals reaches its final days.

Cory McClenathan and Rapisarda Racing occupy 16th spot after day one of qualifying for the 2012 Toyota NHRA SuperNationlals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey.

A number of teams have taken the opportunity to do some testing behind closed doors ahead of the Fuchs Winternationals but our spies, at great personal risk, have got some of the inside goss.

Victoria’s Jack Danaher is riding a wave jubilation following his second straight Supercharged Outlaws win in the Rocket Allstars Racing Series and now heads into the Winternationals with a share of the championship points lead.

The days of building your own race car and entering a top level of motorsport have been over for most disciplines for years but Queenslander Russell Pavey, the driver of the United Tools Corvette Top Doorslammer, has always done things a little differently.

The below rule change has been rescinded by ANDRA, as per ANDRA regulations ANDRA must provide 28 days notice of any rule change. Therefore the 32 car field restrictions will apply for this years Winternationals. ANDRA has approved a removal of the 32 car field restriction on Supercharged Outlaws for the Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway.

Rapisarda Racing head to historic Old Bridge Township Raceway Park Englishtown, New Jersey this weekend for the Toyota NHRA SuperNationals, looking to build on a solid performance at their last outing in Topeka, Kansas.

Spinozzi Racing will make their first Pro Stock appearance at Willowbank Raceway for the upcoming Winternationals fielding the team’s Terra Civil/Hitatchi Construction Machinery Pontiac GTO.

Top Fuel drag racer Phil Lamattina knows what it is like to be an Australian champion and one of the fastest men in the country, but it is watching his son grow into a racer in his own right that is making him proudest.

At just 24 years of age Lachlan Ireland is in prime position to take his first drag racing championship, an achievement many of his older rivals have been seeking for years.

The penultimate round of the Willowbank Raceway track championship took place under clear blue skies on May 19.

  With the Winter Nationals just around the corner Victorian Darren Parker is getting his Jerry Haas Pontiac GXP prepared for the long haul from Melbourne to Willowbank Raceway in Queensland.

Kirsten Tucker, the sister of Pro Stock championship contender Shane Tucker, will make her professional drag racing debut at the Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway on June 8-11.

The tight competition of the Pro Stock drag racing category continues to ramp up with teams calling in reinforcements ahead of the Fuchs Winternationals.

Round two of the Track Championship Series was a repeat performance for Grant Rowe as he secured his second consecutive win of the season at Hidden Valley Drag Strip on Saturday night.

Cory McClenathan’s Topeka campaign for Rapisarda Racing ended with a first round loss to number three qualifier Antron Brown.

  A STRONG pass of 3.91/309 mph has catapulted Rapisarda Racing into the 16 th spot after the final day of qualifying for the Dollar General Summernationals at Topeka, Kansas.  

Cory McClenathan and Rapisarda Racing occupies15 th spot after two runs on day one of qualifying at the Dollar General NHRA Summernationals at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kansas.

Rapisarda Racing is set to return to the NHRA Full Throttle Championship at the Dollar General Summernationals at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kansas this weekend. Tuning duties on the car again will in the hands of Santo Rapisarda Junior with noted NHRA tuner Lee Beard on hand to provide further support.  

Adam Marchant and the Marchant Family Racing Team didn’t get their Nitro Champs campaign off to the most auspicious of starts but recovered to set a new national record in the end.

Rumour has it that one of Australia’s most successful Group 3 race cars will be seen in the for sale columns in the very near future as a roller.

Many people would know Jamie Robertson as a regular on the Thursday night chat on Dragnews but now he is taking the big step from keyboard warrior to a seeing how the other half live by becoming a racer.

Claiming a new national speed record in Top Alcohol Funny Car was just the icing on the cake for Gary Phillips after his Sydney Nitro Champs campaign netted the fifteen time champion a finals berth along with quickest elapsed time (5.471) and top speed (261.07mph) bonus points for the meeting.

The super-competitive drag racing division of Pro Stock will be even more cut throat at the Fuchs Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway with 26 cars entered for the event.

A national record setting run and a runner up at the Nitro Champs in Sydney has left John Zappia in prime position to take a fifth Top Doorslammer title – but Victorian Peter Kapiris still stands in the way.

Chris Matheson is setting out to push the boundaries of what is achievable on a drag racing motorcycle at the Fuchs Winternationals with his nitro-fuelled machine being tuned for a five second pass at Willowbank Raceway.

Darren Morgan and the AEG Powertools Top Fuel team put in a strong showing to finish second at the Nitro Champs at Sydney Dragway in the fifth round of the ANDRA championship, but lost precious position in one of the most thrilling Top Fuel title chases in years.